#1365: “I am being held hostage by the phone.”

When someone who can't say no and someone who won't take no for an answer become friends and form an awkward puzzle of dysfunction.

#1364: “Gender is elusive, and I cannot teach it to you, Mother!”

Don't let a side quest for understanding get in the way of doing - or demanding - care and kindness.

To avoid the trap of trying to satisfy a group member who can never be satisfied, think about what you owe everybody else.

Answers to unpublishable questions, like a New Year's cleanse for upsetting letters.

The problem with ultimatums is sometimes people take you up on them.

Thriller author Amy Gentry answers this letter about abusive professors who feed like vampires on the potential of their students.

Weird family stuff AND art school? Welcome to my wheelhouse.

Somebody typed it into a search engine and ended up here. Challenge accepted!

Are you overreacting or are you just reacting to evidence of observed behavior and patterns?

The only thing more awkward than talking about money is Not Talking About Money.